The U.S. team won gold by a large margin in women’s gymnastics on Tuesday, a rare feat in a sport often measured by tenths of a point.
On Wednesday night, the competition in the men’s gymnastics all-around came even closer. Japan’s Kohei Uchimura, a six-time world all-around champion, was behind Ukraine’s Oleg Verniaiev by nine-tenths of a point going into the final event of the night. It came down to both men’s performances on the horizontal bar.
Verniaiev’s score on the high bar was 15.033. Then Uchimura did better, earning a 15.766 score with a jaw-dropping routine. Watch the two performances below:
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Source: PBS
